The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-06-23
assed bill amending and STRENGTHENING

passed bill amending and Strengthening
the Prohibition law.
The Washington Manufacturing Com
pany. Of Philadelphia, Pa, suspended pay
ment on the 10th. Liabilities about $3.50, 900;
assets, counting the mill and machinery at
cost, about 81, $50, Ia.
Sinclair Tousey, president Of the Amer
ican News Company, died at New York
City on the 10Th.
Subscriptions toward q monument to be
erected in New York City in honor Of the
lats President Arthur, have reached SIS, 900.
The monument will be erected in Madison
Square.
J. Wright, ex-District Attorney Of Mont
gomery County, Pa, and Democratic pol
itician Of prominence, died at Norristown
on the 10th, aged forty-three years.
The extensive laboratory of the United
States Electric Light Company in New
York, with its contents, was burned on the
18th. Loss $150, 900; insured.
The business failures occurring through
out the country for the seven days ended
June IL number for the United States 1873,
and for Canada 20; total 211, as compared
with total OF 173 the previous week.
The board Of visitors of Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, at Andover, Mass, have
voted to dispense with the services Of Pres
dent E. c. Smyth and Prof. Woodruff, as
the outcome of the recent heresy trials.
DIR. Carver. the celebrated rifle marks
man, had his eyes badly hurt at Philadel-
phia on the 18th by the explosion Of cart
ridge. He will be laid up for some time.
Ex-President Hopkins, Of Williams Col
lege, died at North Adams, Mass, on the
18th
Stephen Wsshburn, q well-to-do farmer
of Wilton, N. Y, failing in his attempt to
commit suicide by cutting his throat on the
nth, took halter, tied one end around his
throat, fastened the other to beam in his
shed and strangled to death.
The lockout of the silversmiths at New
York is practically over, most Of the men
having returned to work on the 20th. It is
understood they have yielded to the demand
Of the employers and severed their connec-
tion with the Knights Of Labor.
Samuel ellison, q prominent member of
the Erie (Pa.) bar, was drowned on the 18th
while fishing in the lake near that city. Six
thousand dollars Of q $4,000 insurance on
his life expired in less than two hours after
his death.
Louis Lindsley, well known stock
raiser Of Waterford, Pa, was kicked in the
face few days ago by q mule, sustaining
injuries from which physicians say he can
not recover.
Henry Clews, the banker, writes to Ex-
Governor Dorsheimer, offering to furnish
the last fifty subscriptions to the Stars
Grant monument fund, necessary to make
up the desired amount of S125, 900, when the
fund reaches that point.
The east-bound passenger train No. 415
and q local freight train going west on the
Schuylkiil Valley railroad, collided near
Parkersford, Pa, on the 18th. Charles De-
Haven, fireman of the passenger train, was
killed, and the engineer was seriously in
jured.
The reception given to the R. e. Lee
Camp, Confederate veterans, at Fanueil
Hall, Boston, on the 18th, was very elab-
crate affair. Many prominent personages
were present, including Governor Ames,
Senator Hoar, Hon. George D. Wise,
Speaker Noyes, Commander Nash, and
others.
All the weavers in the Manville mills at
Providence, R. l., struck on the 18th for an
increase Of ten cents per 100 weight A
protracted struggle is probable.